Born is the King
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Born is the King
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Advent is a season filled with expectation. It’s a time when we remember the world waiting for a coming Savior, and celebrate the way the world changed when Christ was born. It’s a season filled with the light and love of Jesus, the King, born to save us.
Advent is a season filled with expectation. It’s a time when we remember the world waiting for a coming Savior, and celebrate the way the world changed when Christ was born. It’s a season filled with the light and love of Jesus, the King, born to save us.
But if we’re being honest, it’s also a season filled with distraction. As Christmas approaches, the focus of Advent sometimes gets lost amidst the chaos and craziness that comes with the holiday season.
So to help us focus our attention on the heart behind this special season, we’ve walked through a four-week series for Advent. Each week focused on a specific aspect reflected in the birth of King Jesus—hope, joy, peace, and love.
Today marks the end of our journey through this series, my prayer is that as we turn our eyes to the coming Savior this Christmas season, our hearts will be transformed as we remember the birth of the King who came to save us!
Original Intent - Relationship
Fall / Separation
No Hope
No Joy
No Peace
Love
= Love never ends
Connect illustration to present day hearers.
= God is Love
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Foretold Promise
Seed of the Woman
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
People of Abraham
18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Transition = Show this need or similar issue was also the question behind the biblical text.
Tribe of Judah
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Family of David
12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Person of Jesus
Silence - 400yrs
Clearly state the theme of the text/sermon.
Born is the King
11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Looking to the Messiah
Hoping for the birth of a child
Context = genealogy
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Person of Jesus
Context = genealogy
10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
Matt 1.
Matthew - =
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
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23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
Born is the King
Theme
Immanuel means “God with us”, what does that mean to you?
Pray
Pray
S.T.A.R.T.
Solemnly praise and recognize the greatness of our God and Savior connected to the Biblical text being preached
Touch upon the subject of corporate sin and confess any shortcomings the body has committed related to the Biblical text to be preached
Ask God to help the body/local church to hear and apply the truths of the Biblical text to be preached
Review and remind the audience of the key related passages to the Biblical text being preached
Transition to the opening of the sermon and the Biblical text to be preached
THE SERMON BODY
Admire
Appraise
Appropriate
Apply
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Fall / Separation
No Hope
No Joy
No Peace
Love
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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Foretold
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
Seed of the Woman
Gen 3.15
18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
People of Abraham
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Tribe of Judah
12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
2 Sam 7
Family of David
Fall / Separation
No Hope
2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
No Joy
No Peace
Love
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
sss
Born is the King
11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Admire this truth - servant - likeness of men -
Prophecy fulfillment - centuries of waiting! - perfect timing!
Value
Rarity
Im - with / anu - us / el - God = Immanuel - God With Us!!!
Cost
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Necessity
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Not even an angel - Body of dust - Sinful Mankind - God with us
In flesh - real flesh as ours is - yet a body fit to burst...
Prince - Pauper / Creator - Carpenter - Condescension!!!
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Phil 2.8
fully man / fully God = 2 natures fully
Prince - Pauper / Creator - Carpenter - Condescension!!!
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Creator - Carpenter
The Love which calls for this pursuit - Mercy & Grace - God’s good will
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
277 - Hark The Herald Angles Sing - Charles Wesley - V2
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate deity, Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus our Emmanuel!
Appraise this truth
Immanuel = God With Us!!!
Value
Fundamental to our faith
In saving them from sin, he saves them from wrath and the curse, and all misery here and hereafter. Christ came to save his people, not in their sins, but from their sins; to purchase for them, not a liberty to sin, but a liberty from sins, to redeem them from all iniquity (Tit. 2:14); and so to redeem them from among men (Rev. 14:4) to himself, who is separate from sinners. So that those who leave their sins, and give up themselves to Christ as his people, are interested in the Saviour, and the great salvation which he has wrought out, Rom. 11:26.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Rarity
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Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994.
Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994.
Cost
Necessary and Costly
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Necessity
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Indestructibility - Everlasting Victory - Inexhaustibility
1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Uniqueness / Singularity
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
God’s greatest glory is found in this truth
The glory of the gospel is that the One from whom we need to be saved is the very One who saves us.
R.C. Sproul
Appropriate this truth
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
Matt 1.21
Jesus / Joshua = “Jehovah is salvation” \ His name
Christ / Messiah = “anointed one” \ His title
Buy / sell / trade
Immanuel = “God with us” \ Who He is
They… You? = is God with you!?
Translation = invitation!!...
16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
No God Against Us!! = God With Us!
In saving them from sin, he saves them from wrath and the curse, and all misery here and hereafter. Christ came to save his people, not in their sins, but from their sins; to purchase for them, not a liberty to sin, but a liberty from sins, to redeem them from all iniquity; and so to redeem them from among men to himself...
Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994
Apply this truth
Response
Expose the structure of the text.
Main points should support the theme.
Greek word = Meta
points should follow textual sequence unless good reason to change.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
in the compony of; marker of association
having an object in one’s hand; of possession
use simple and clear transitions to give structure to movement.
combined; unity of connection
marker of attendant circumstance
marker of the experience of an event
marker of time
marker of location
on the same side; implying benefaction
marker of means
18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Use verse references before quoting so that listeners can read along.
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Where are you today!? = Jesus is there with you = [God with us!]
Use personal observances to illustrate difficult concepts.
Christ / Messiah = “anointed one” \ His title
Christ / Messiah = “anointed one” \ His title
Child / Adult
Immanuel = “God with us” \ Who He is
Adult
They… You?
Alone / Surrounded
Sorrowful / Rejoicing
Hilltop / Vally
Land / Sea
Rich / Poor
Life / Death
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teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
“Oh joy! There sits in our flesh, Upon a throne of light,
One of a human mother born, In perfect Godhead bright!”
CONCLUSION
“God With Us” - C. H. Spurgeon
And now, my brethren, the last word to you is let us be with God since God is with us. I give you for a watchword through the year to come, “Emmanuel, God with us.” You, the saints redeemed by blood, have a right to all this in its fullest sense. Drink it in and be filled with courage. Do not say, “We can do nothing.” Who are you that can do nothing? God is with you. Do not say, “The church is feeble and fall- en upon evil times”—no, “God is with us.” We need the courage of those ancient soldiers who were desirous to regard difficulties only as whetstones upon which to sharpen their swords. I like Alexander’s talk—when they said there were so many thousands, so many millions, perhaps, of Persians, “Very well,” says he, “it is good reaping where the corn is thick. One butcher is not afraid of a thousand sheep.”…
And now, my brethren, the last word to you is let us be with God since God is with us… You, the saints redeemed by blood, have a right to all this in its fullest sense. Drink it in and be filled with courage. Do not say, “We can do nothing.” Who are you that can do nothing? God is with you. Do not say, “The church is feeble and fallen upon evil times”—no, “God is with us.” We need the courage of those ancient soldiers who were desirous to regard difficulties only as whetstones upon which to sharpen their swords…
And now, my brethren, the last word to you is let us be with God since God is with us. I give you for a watchword through the year to come, “Emmanuel, God with us.” You, the saints redeemed by blood, have a right to all this in its fullest sense. Drink it in and be filled with courage. Do not say, “We can do nothing.” Who are you that can do nothing? God is with you. Do not say, “The church is feeble and fall- en upon evil times”—no, “God is with us.” We need the courage of those ancient soldiers who were de- sirous to regard difficulties only as whetstones upon which to sharpen their swords. I like Alexander’s talk—when they said there were so many thousands, so many millions, perhaps, of Persians, “Very well,” says he, “it is good reaping where the corn is thick. One butcher is not afraid of a thousand sheep.”
Whatever is possible or whatever is impossible, Christians can do at God’s command, for God is with us. Do you not see that the word, “God with us,” puts impossibility out of all existence? Hearts that could never be broken will be broken if God is with us. Errors which never could be confuted can be overthrown by, “God with us.” Things impossible with men are possible with God. John Wesley died with that upon his tongue, and let us live with it upon our hearts—“The best of all is God with us.”
Be brief.
Don’t introduce new material.
narrow the focus don’t expand it.
Clinch the goal.
Give concrete applications.
Goal
To receive and live on the invitation of God to be with you!
Response
CLOSE
E.N.D.
Exalt God in relation to the Biblical truths that were just taught
Name the Biblical principles preached and ask God to help the local church body to obey these truths
Draw people to the cross of Christ by proclaiming hope and help in the person and work of Christ for salvation and sanctification
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What it stands for
Warning
Communion Verses
“GOD WITH US” - BY C.H. SPURGEON [A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1875, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON] #1270
COMMUNION TOGETHER
A SERMON
DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1875, BY C. H. SPURGEON,
AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON
Fellowship With Each Other